Evaluation of Biological Activities of Chemically Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Mostafa, Ashraf A.; Sayed, Shaban R. M.; Solkamy, Essam N.; Khan, Mujeeb; Shaik, Mohammed Rafi; Al-Warthan, Abdulrahman; Adil, Syed Farooq

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/789178

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Volume 2015 | Article ID 789178 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/789178

Evaluation of Biological Activities of Chemically Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Ashraf A. Mostafa,¹Shaban R. M. Sayed,²Essam N. Solkamy,¹Mujeeb Khan,³Mohammed Rafi Shaik,³Abdulrahman Al-Warthan,³and Syed Farooq Adil³

Academic Editor: Lavinia Balan

Received08 Sept 2015

Revised10 Nov 2015

Accepted25 Nov 2015

Published09 Dec 2015

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles were synthesized by the earlier reported methods. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (UV/Vis), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The synthesized materials were also evaluated for their antibacterial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial strains. TEM micrograph showed the spherical morphology of AgNPs with size range of 40–60 nm. The synthesized nanoparticles showed a strong antimicrobial activity and their effect depends upon bacterial strain as AgNPs exhibited greater inhibition zone for Pseudomonas aeruginosa (19.1 mm) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (14.8 mm) and S. pyogenes (13.6 mm) while the least activity was observed for Salmonella typhi (12.5 mm) at concentration of 5 µg/disc. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AgNPs against S. aureus was 2.5 µg/disc and less than 2.5 µg/disc for P. aeruginosa. These results suggested that AgNPs can be used as an effective antiseptic agent for infectious control in medical field.

1. Introduction

Nanotechnology has been recognized as the most auspicious field of multidisciplinary science [1]. Owing to their small size, nanoparticles (NPs) embrace exceptional physicochemical properties, which are entirely dissimilar to their majority counterparts [2]. These physicochemical properties have been comprehensively exploited in numerous fields, including material science, aerospace engineering, biotechnology, and medical and dental field [3]. Among several NPs, silver (Ag) NPs have contributed enormously to the improvement of nanotechnology and have been the subject of extensive research over several decades [4]. Silver in the nanoscale form displays extraordinarily unusual biological and physicochemical activities and thus has been extensively applied in various fields including health care segment [5, 6]. Precisely, the exceptional silver NPs antimicrobial properties have accomplished the improvement of a widespread diversity of nanosilver products, comprising nanosilver coated lesion bandages, contraceptive tools, surgical devices, and implants [7–9]. Certainly, the applications of silver in metallic form can be traced back to ancient times, and its primary medicinal application was described in the 8th century [10]. Nevertheless, due to the great attainments made in tuning the physicochemical properties of AgNPs and latest development in the synthesis and characterization of metallic NPs, AgNPs came to the forefront of nanotechnological investigation [11–13].

Silver nanoparticles have drawn intensive interest in the recent years due to their low-cost, high efficiency, and unique optical and electronic properties which lead to potential applications in industrial fields. In the prolific literature of metal nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles have acquired a lot of attention due to the wide range of properties displayed by them in the area of catalysis, electronics, sensors, and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) [14–17]. Other than these, medical field is one of the leading areas of research where AgNPs have been found to play an important role due to the strong bactericidal and inhibitory properties against broad spectrum of bacterial strains possessed by them. AgNPs are reported to possess antimicrobial [18], antifungal [19], antiviral [20], anti-inflammatory [21], antiplatelet [22], and antiangiogenesis activity [23].

Silver NPs have been synthesized by using several physical and chemical approaches based on the accessibility and feasibility of protocols to achieve the essential applications [24, 25]. The physical methods, which are also classified as “top-down approach,” for the preparation of AgNPs include ball milling, flame pyrolysis, electric arc discharge, and laser ablation [26, 27]. These methods often require expensive instruments, high temperature, and pressure [28], whereas the “bottom-up approach,” which includes the chemical methods, involves the concepts of wet chemistry. In this process, the formation of NPs is carried out via the reduction/decomposition of metal complexes in solutions using various chemical reductants, such as sodium borohydride and hydrazine, at elevated temperatures [29–31]. Though, controlled synthesis of AgNPs can be achieved in large scale using aforementioned chemical reductants. However, the use of these chemicals reductants during the synthesis of AgNPs has adverse effects on their biological applications, and they are also potentially hazardous to the environment [32]. Therefore, synthesis of AgNPs using relatively less hazardous and harmless chemical reducing agents is highly desirable. In this regard, several attempts have been made using various other reagents, such as ascorbic acid, sodium citrate, and glucose, which are considered to be mild and relatively less hazardous, when compared to the strong chemical reducing agents. Furthermore, to attain stable dispersions of AgNPs to make them compatible in various applications often requires various stabilizers to prevent aggregation [33, 34]. Among various chemical methods that applied mild reducing agents, the preparation of AgNPs by the reduction of silver salts with citrate ions has gained immense interest. Citrate ions undergo strong surface interaction with Ag nanocrystallites and facilitate slow crystal growth during the reduction process, which helps in the controlled synthesis of NPs. Therefore, citrate ions not only act as reducing agents but also function as excellent stabilizers [35].

So far, immense studies have been conducted focusing on the synthesis of AgNPs using citrate ion as reducing agents [36, 37]. However, there is a lot to explore in the biological aspect of these nanoparticles with respect to the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the silver nanoparticles synthesized with these citrate ions. Hence, this paper focuses on the antimicrobial activity of the chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles using citrate ions as reducing and stabilizing agent. In the present study, the citrate mediated synthesized Ag nanoparticles were characterized by using various techniques, including UV/Vis, TEM, EDX, and XRD. The as synthesized silver NPs were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against several bacterial strains. The results exhibited that AgNPs can be used as an effective antiseptic agent for infectious control in medical field.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles (NPs)

Ag nanoparticles were synthesized by previously reported method as follows [38]. Aqueous silver nitrate solution was used as a metal salt precursor while sodium citrate solution was applied as a stabilizing and reducing agent at elevated temperature. To begin with, 0.001 M of AgNO₃ (99%, Sigma Aldrich, USA) was dissolved in 50 mL of water at boiling temperature. Subsequently, 5 mL of 1% trisodium citrate (99%, Sigma Aldrich, USA) was added dropwise to this boiling solution. The colorless solution was allowed to stir at boiling temperature until the color of the solution is changed to greenish yellow. This clearly indicated the formation of silver nanoparticles. Therefore, the reaction was stopped and allowed to cool down at room temperature and the product was extracted by centrifugation. To eliminate surplus silver ions, the silver colloids were washed at least three times with deionized (DI) water and dried at 70°C for three successive days. A dried powder of the nanosized silver was obtained.

2.2. Characterizations of NPs

2.2.1. UV/Vis Spectroscopy

A Perkin Elmer lambda 35 (USA) UV-Vis spectrophotometer was employed to conduct optical measurements. The UV samples for the pure silver NPs were prepared by diluting 2 mL of stock solution of pure silver NPs in 8 mL of water. The stock solutions were prepared by dispersing 5 mg of silver NPs in 5 mL of water by 1-hour sonication.

2.2.2. X-Ray Diffraction

XRD patterns were collected on an Altima IV [Rigaku, Japan] X-ray powder diffractometer using Cu Kα radiation ().

2.2.3. Transmission Electron Microscopy

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was performed on a JEOL JEM 1101 (USA) transmission electron microscope. The dispersion for the TEM samples (primary solution) was prepared by taking 1 mg of as synthesized AgNPs in 5 mL of ethanol, which was sonicated for 15 min. The samples for TEM were prepared by placing a drop of primary solution on a commercially available copper grid, which were dried for 6 hours at 80°C in an oven.

2.3. Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticle

2.3.1. Bacterial Strains

The as synthesized sliver nanoparticles were subjected to antibacterial evaluation, against both Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial strains such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (Gram positive) and Salmonella typhi and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative). The identity of the bacterial strains was confirmed morphologically and by employing biochemical techniques. The microorganisms were provided from the culture collection of Botany and Microbiology Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.

2.3.2. Inoculums Preparation

Bacterial inocula were prepared by subculturing microorganisms into tryptone soya agar (TSA) slants at 37°C for 18 hrs. The growth was harvested using 5 mL of sterile saline water, diluted, and their absorbances were adjusted at 580 μm to 25% using spectrophotometer. The viable cell count at this absorbance was approximately 10⁷ CFU/mL of each bacterial strain.

2.3.3. Antibacterial Assay

Agar disk diffusion method is used to evaluate antimicrobial activity of the sensitized Ag nanoparticles. 10 mL of TSA medium was poured into sterile petri dishes (as a basal layer) followed by 15 mL of seeded medium previously inoculated with bacterial suspension (100 mL of medium/1 mL of 10⁷ CFU) to attain 10⁵ CFU/mL of medium. Sterile filter paper discs (6 mm in diameter) were loaded with 5 μg of Ag nanoparticles solutions and placed on the top of the TSA plates. Filter paper discs loaded with 5 μg of Gentamycin were used as positive control. The plates were incubated at 37°C for 24 hrs and the presence of inhibition zones was recorded, measured by Vernier caliper, and considered as indication

2.3.4. Determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of AgNPs

MIC is defined as the lowest concentration of the antimicrobial agent that inhibits the growth of microorganism after 24 hrs of incubation. AgNP was manipulated to determine its minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) to evaluate its efficiency in controlling pathogenic bacteria (S. aureus and P. aeruginosa).

Different concentrations of AgNPs (2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, and 25.0 μg/mL) were prepared separately by dissolving their requisite amount in 5 mL of ethanol, sterilized, and loaded over sterilized filter paper discs (6 mm in diameter). Ten mL of TSA basal medium followed by 15 mL of TSA seeded medium (previously inoculated with bacterial suspensions of pathogenic bacteria (S. aureus and P. aeruginosa)) was poured into sterile petri dishes. Filter paper discs loaded with different concentrations of AgNPs were placed on the top of the TSA plates. The plates were incubated at 37°C for 24 hrs and the presence of inhibition zones was measured by Vernier caliper and recorded against the concentrations of AgNPs.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. UV-Vis Spectral Analysis

UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy is a vital analytical system to monitor the formation and consistency of metal NPs in aqueous solution. The UV/Vis absorption spectrum (Figure 1) obtained from the analysis of metal NPs is susceptible to various factors such as particle size, shape, and agglomeration (particle-particle interaction) with the medium [3]. Therefore, the aqueous bioreduction of Ag⁺ ions can be effectively monitored by UV/Vis spectrophotometer. The spectral response of silver nanoparticles is based on the diameter of the nanoparticle. The peak broadens and there is a Plasmon resonance shift towards longer wavelengths, as the diameter increases. The value obtained indicates the size of 40–50 nm which is corroborated by TEM.

3.2. Powder X-Ray Diffraction

The crystalline nature of the synthesized AgNPs has been confirmed by the analysis of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern. The XRD pattern in Figure 2 indicates the face-centered cubic (FCC) structure of the AgNPs. There are five discrete reflections in the diffractogram at 37.5° (111), 44.1° (200), 63.9° (220), 76.8° (311), and 81.1° (222). The intense reflection at (111) compared to the other four possibly indicates the growth direction of the nanocrystals.

The average grain size was calculated using the Debye-Scherer formula () employing the half-width () of the (111) reflection in the powder pattern, which yielded that the average grain size is approximately 42 nm.

3.3. TEM and EDX Analysis

The shape and size of the prepared AgNPs were examined employing TEM. The TEM images (Figure 3) show overview image of the as synthesized NPs and show the spherical morphology of NPs, within a size range of 42–58 nm, in which few NPs were agglomerated. Furthermore, the elemental composition of the synthesized sample was also determined by energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The EDX spectral analysis revealed that Ag is the major element in the obtained product, which was concluded by the presence of intense signal at 3 keV, which is due to an optical absorption in this range due to the surface Plasmon resonance [3]. The EDX spectrum is given in Figure 4.

3.4. Antibacterial Assay of AgNPs

The antibacterial assay of Ag nanoparticles was screened because of the great medicinal relevance of AgNPs and their numerous applications [39]. Antibacterial activity of AgNPs was preformed against the Gram positive pathogenic bacteria S. aureus and S. pyogenes and two strains of Gram negative pathogenic bacteria (S. typhi and P. aeruginosa) using agar disc diffusion method at concentration of 5 μg/disc. Evaluations of their antibacterial activities were recorded in Table 1.

The result revealed that AgNPs exhibited a potential antibacterial activity against all the tested bacterial strains and their activity was varied with bacterial strain at the same concentration. The Ag nanoparticles exhibited greater inhibition zone for P. aeruginosa (19.1 mm) followed by S. aureus (14.8 mm) and S. pyogenes (13.6 mm) while the least activity was observed for S. typhi (12.5 mm) at 5 μg/disc.

3.5. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of AgNPs

The minimum inhibitory concentration was evaluated to determine the lowest concentration of AgNPs that completely inhibited the visible bacterial growth. The MIC of AgNPs against Gram (+ve) S. aureus and Gram (−ve) P. aeruginosa are shown in Table 2 and illustrated in Figure 5. The results showed that the MIC of AgNPs against S. aureus was 2.5 μg/mL while MIC of AgNPs against P. aeruginosa will be less than 2.5 μg/mL. Thus we can conclude from the result of this study that the AgNPs inhibited growth of the tested microorganisms and P. aeruginosa is highly susceptible to AgNPs concentrations compared to that of S. aureus.

Several studies were carried out to demonstrate the antimicrobial activity of AgNPs. Lkhagvajav et al. [40], showed that AgNPs synthesized by sol-gel method were effective against S. aureus, E. coli, and P. aeruginosa at 2–4 μg/mL, while Shameli et al. [41], recorded that AgNPs (mean size 11 nm) prepared by green synthesis method were effective against S. aureus and Salmonella typhi at concentration of 20 μL of AgNPs. Also, Zarei et al. [42], investigated the antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles and they found that MIC of AgNPs against E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus were in the range of 3.12–6.25 μg/mL. In contrast, Gopinath et al. [43], reported that AgNPs (mean particle size ranged from 20 to 50 nm) synthesized by green method using Pterocarpus santalinus leaf extract were an effective bactericide against S. aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and Shigella dysenteriae at a higher concentration that reached 100 μL of AgNPs. Our results showed that the MIC of AgNPs against Gram (+ve) S. aureus and Gram (−ve) P. aeruginosa were 2.5 μg/mL and less than 2.5 μg/mL, respectively. These results were coincident with that reported by Lkhagvajav et al. [40].

4. Conclusions

It is well reported in literature that bacteria have different cell wall structure and their ability of capsule formation, due to which their susceptibility towards antibacterial agents differs. Reports suggested that antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticle is associated with the structure of bacterial cell wall and thickness of peptidoglycan layer of bacterial cell wall, while there are several other reports that attributed the inhibitory effect of silver nanoparticles to their particle size which enables them to easily get attached to bacterial cell membrane and reach nuclear content of the bacterial cell, resulting in a disturbance in their structure and rendering them permeable to a larger extent, that leads to the leaking of ions and other cell contents. This kind of disturbance in the enzymatic activity inside the bacterial cell results in the death of the bacterial cell. Chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against various Gram (+ve) and Gram (−ve) bacterial strains such as S. aureus, S. pyogenes and S. typhi, and P. aeruginosa, respectively. The zone of inhibition was recorded to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and the MIC values were calculated. The results obtained displayed great variation in the antimicrobial activity of AgNPs wherein the synthesized AgNPs were found to be strongly active against Gram (+ve) bacterial strain S. aureus and Gram (−ve) bacterial strain P. aeruginosa; the MIC value was found to be 2.5 μg/mL and less than 2.5 μg/mL, respectively, while displaying moderate activity against S. typhi especially at concentration of 5 μg/mL. These results suggested that antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticle may be associated with characteristics of certain bacterial species, which needs further studies in order to ascertain the mode of action due to which the as synthesized nanoparticles display antibacterial activity. Studies are also underway to find out how surface modification of AgNPs can affect the antimicrobial activity, which shall be reported later.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

Acknowledgment

This project was supported by King Saud University, Deanship of Scientific Research, College of Science, Research Center.

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